Sleeve lifting pad for garments



March 7, 1939. J. J. CALLEO SLEEVE LIFTING PAD FOR GARMENTS Filed Oct. 8, 1937 INVENTOR Jkrz \T. eZZeo ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 1', 939; b a ,Z ,1 49 ,806

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smavajmr'rme Pan FOR. GARMENTS JolmJ. Calico, Lodi, N. J. V 7 Application October 8, 1937,.Serlal, No; 167,872 i o a o in com a? (Cl.2---268) H V f Thisinvention 'relates tonewjand useifulimapplied tdtherledg'es lfle oflth'e pad along lthe provements in sleeve lifting padsfor,garments. perimeter thereof Ito assistin naintaining the More specifically,'the invention contemplatesconvex shape. I The pad Ill consists of a top layer the provision of layers of material in the form of material l2..which is. formed of separate secof apad having a convex central area which is tions I2 sewn together along thecentral area adapted to conform with theshape ofones and a bottom covering layer i 3 formed of sepalshoulder, and to extend slightly therefrom in rate sectionslS sewn together along their cenorder to raise the sleeveandbroaden the shoulder tral area; Padding material I is placed between and give the square appearance which isJnow in these coveringlayers i2 and I3 and the binding I in vogue. 3 m p 1 material II is applied to the free edges thereof in Still furtherthe invention proposes'the proviand held in position by. means of stitches i5.,, f

sion of padding material inserted between layers 'I'he'padding material I! is held in position by of covering materialand binding materialaround meansof a line. ofstitches l5 along the length the edges of these layers to assist inmaintaining of thepad i0 which passes through the covering the convex shape thereof. I v material, l2 and I3 and the padding material Asa furtherobject f Itheinvention it is profor. holding these central" areas imposition and ;posed to provide a means for. controlling the conalso helping to maintain the conv'ex shape therea veil-surface of the SHOUldGIyPfl-{iWhlCh may be of. The padding material 14 consists'of layers of adjusted to anyde'sired position to suit a parcotton or similar material which are placed one a ticular type of shoulder or garment. I upon the other and held in positionbyfmeans of o For further comprehension of the invention, circular lines of stitches l1. Thispad is of'heart and of the objects and advantages thereof, refshape construction and. is slit along its central erence will be had 'to the following description area from the point 14 partially through the and accompanying drawing, and to theappended center thereof. The contacting edges of the slit 95 claims in which the various novel features of the i8 are adapted to be r pped in r r to form a invention are more particularly set forth. the convex shape of the pad.

In the accompanying drawing forming a mate'- In Fig. 1 a person's body I9 is shown by dot rial part of this disclosure: and dash lines to' which the shoulder pads Ill Fig 1 1 a view 1 lady's garment, having have been applied. A garment 20 having full shoulder pads according to this invention apshoulder i placed on the y n the pads ll 30' plied thereto. project from the shoulder and are within the Fig. 2 is a plan view of the shoulder pad, per'se. garment 20 to broaden the shoulders and produce .Fig. 3 is a view looking in the direction of the the desired square effect.

, line 3-3 of Fig. 2. In Fig. 6 a modification of, the invention is Fig. 4 is a' sectional view taken on the line shown in which the padding material i4 con- 35 4-4 of Fig. 2. r' sists 01' a double layer of substantially stiff ma- I Fig. 5 is a plan view of the pad used in connecterial in place of the padding material l4 shown a 1 tion with the shoulder pad shown in Fig. 2. in Fig. 4. This pad I4 is formedin the same y Fig. 6 is a view'similar to Fig. 4 but illustrating manner as that shown in Fig. 5 and differs there- 4o a'modification of the invention. I f from merely in the choice of material.

Fig. '7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a In Fig. 7 another modification of the invention still further modification. has been shown in which the padding material Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a sleeve to which l4" consists of a single layer of substantially the pad'may be applied. soft material which is formed in the same man'- Fig. 9 is a sectional view takenon the line 2-9 ner as the previous pads. In other respects this 45 of Fig. 8. p n r v form of the invention is similar to the previous Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing forms'and similar parts may be identified by coranother modification. responding reference numerals. y t Fig. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken on In Figs. 8 and 9 a perspective view of a shoul- I @he line I l-ll of Fig. 10. der 2| of a garment is shown in which theedge The sleeveliftingjpad for garments, according 2|- is shirred or pleated and is held in this positothis invention, comprises material in the form tion by means of a foundation strip 22 applied to, of a pad. 10 which has its edges I II in substanthe bottom thereof, and'a double line of stitches tially acommon plane and its central area'con- 23 passes through these two layers for holding u vexed out of the plane. Binding material Ii is the material shirred or pleated. A construction of this type produces a veryfiill sleeve, which without any supports tends to drape over the shoulder to produce a desirable 'eflfect. If a shoulder pad, accordihftc'itlifi invention, is placed in the shoulder, it'will tend t0.-,fi11 the space produced by the shirring and support the shoulder in its extended position to produce the broadshouldered eflect.

In Figs. 10 and 11 a further modification of the invention is shown in which a pad It! is provided with pad'dingmaterial 25 between the upper and lower layers thereof, and wide binding material is applied to the edges thereof and held in position-by means of stitches 26. A string 21 is contained within the binding material 26 and hasits ends 2"!" extending through openings 28 formed therein. The ends 21 of the string 21 are adapted to be tied together in order to hold the shoulder pad in its convex formation. Ii. itis desired to increase the convex formation of the shoulder pad it is merely necessary to withdraw noreof the string 2'lfrom beneath the binding material 26 and then tie the 'ends in their adjusted positions toproduce the desired effect. In other respects this form of the invention is similar to' the previous forms and similar parts may be recognized by corresponding reference numerals.

It is to be understood that the size, form and reinforcement of the padding may be changed as desired and that the sleeve lifting pads maybe used in any style or ladies, children's or men's garments. I v

While I have illustrated and described-the preferredembodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do notlimit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the" right v is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in .the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,. and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:- i

1. A sleeve liiting pad for garments, commie ing material in the form of a pad and having its edges in substantially a common plane and its central area convexed out of said plane, and binding material along the said edges for holding the perimeter of said pad to assist in maintaining said convex shape, and means for increasing or decreasing the convex shape of said pad, as desired, said means comprising a piece of string or similar material inserted into saidpad beneath said-binding material and having its ends extending to the outside thereof through openings forrried in said binding material so that these ends may be tied together in their adjusted positions for increasing or'decreasing the convex shape of said pad. r

2. A sleeve lifting pad for garments, comp *ing material in the form or a pad being slightly concaved so as to rest upon onesshoulder binding material along the edgesof said pad, stitches engaging through said pad and said binding inate rial for-holding "said binding material in'position on said pad, and a-piece' of string applied to the its ends extendingthroughadjacent openings formed in said binding material so that said ends maybe drawn and loosened for increasing and decreasing the convex shape of said pad. I,

3. In a sleeve lifting pad, a pad being slightly convexed so astorest upon ones shoulder, bindingmater'ialalo'ng the edges of said pad, and a piece of string mounted inthe space between said pad and said binding material, said'piece of string having its endsextended through openings formed in said bindingmaterial, wherebysaid endsmay be'extnded from said openings and be tied together to increase'the conv'exness of said 

